Exhibit 5.1
Silicon Valley
855 Main Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
T +1 (650) 618-9250
freshfields.us
May 8, 2026
Adeia Inc.
3025 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, CA 95134
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Adeia Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S‑8 (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), an additional 10,700,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Securities”), that may be issued under the Adeia Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”).
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we advise you that, in our opinion, as of the date hereof, the Securities have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We are members of the Bars of the States of New York and California and the foregoing opinion is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.